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Assessing Online Courses in Health Education: Training a 21st Century Health Workforce

Assessing Online Courses in Health Education: Training a 21st Century Health Workforce

Debra N. Weiss
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 30
ISBN13: 9781522507833|ISBN10: 1522507833|EISBN13: 9781522507840
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0783-3.ch051
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Weiss, Debra N. "Assessing Online Courses in Health Education: Training a 21st Century Health Workforce." Blended Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 1017-1046. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0783-3.ch051

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Weiss, D. N. (2017). Assessing Online Courses in Health Education: Training a 21st Century Health Workforce. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Blended Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1017-1046). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0783-3.ch051

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Weiss, Debra N. "Assessing Online Courses in Health Education: Training a 21st Century Health Workforce." In Blended Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1017-1046. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0783-3.ch051

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Abstract

Internet-based health education is being used increasingly around the world for two related purposes: 1) to train a global health workforce of nurses, physicians, health educators, and other health workers, and 2) to educate the public about disease prevention and management (e.g., in outbreaks of SARS in China and Ebola in Africa). Assessment of online health education is vital to maintain quality control and to share best practices. Online health education has been found to have significant positive effects on e-learners, comparable to those of traditional face-to-face instruction. In developing countries where there is a critical shortage of health workers, distance education is needed to train large numbers of health workers rapidly and effectively. In developed countries, online health education is a cost-effective means of providing access to 1) higher education for individuals who are employed full time and wish to pursue training in the health professions, 2) workplace continuing education for health professionals, and 3) public health campaigns that promote healthy behaviors. In this chapter we look at what is going on in the field now, and what can be done in the future to use technology to advance the mass dissemination of health education.

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